Archive for the 'War' Category
And the Black World Said: Let There Be Light and PG&E Agreed to Buy Orbit-Generated Electricity from Solaren in 2016
April 14th, 2009Ah yes, large satellites will beam vast amounts of clean energy from the sun to earth, 24/7, base load style. Let’s try to look past the headlines… First of all, this idea isn’t quite as old as the hills, but it’s at least several decades old, depending on what you consider to be the origin […]
How to Get a No-Bid Contract for Russian Choppers
April 13th, 2009Via: Wired: How did a company best known for its communications gear manage to get a $322 million, no-bid contract to supply the Iraqi military with Russian helicopters? Not even the Pentagon can come up with a convincing explanation. Yesterday, I spent an hour on the phone with two Defense Department officials who tried to […]
Israeli Military’s 60-Tonne Robot Bulldozer Force to Double
April 13th, 2009Via: Jerusalem Post: The IDF Ground Forces Command plans to double the number of unmanned D9 armored bulldozers in the Engineering Corps arsenal after the vehicle provided exceptional results during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip in January. The unmanned version of the D9 bulldozer – called “Black Thunder” – was developed several years […]
“The Obama DOJ is now squarely to the Right of an extremely conservative, pro-executive-power, Bush 43-appointed judge on issues of executive power and due-process-less detentions.”
April 13th, 2009Via: Salon: It was once the case under the Bush administration that the U.S. would abduct people from around the world, accuse them of being Terrorists, ship them to Guantanamo, and then keep them there for as long as we wanted without offering them any real due process to contest the accusations against them. That […]
Pentagon Preps for Economic Warfare
April 10th, 2009Via: Politico: The Pentagon sponsored a first-of-its-kind war game last month focused not on bullets and bombs — but on how hostile nations might seek to cripple the U.S. economy, a scenario made all the more real by the global financial crisis. The two-day event near Ft. Meade, Maryland, had all the earmarks of a […]
Obama Wants Another $83 Billion for Iraq, Afghanistan
April 10th, 2009Via: CNN: The Obama administration will ask Congress for another $83.4 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the end of September, Democratic congressional sources said Thursday. The request is expected to pay for those conflicts for the rest of the 2009 budget year, two Democratic congressional sources said. The money would […]
Fiber Optic Cables Cut in California
April 10th, 2009There is a concerted effort to call this vandalism. That’s hilarious. Here’s my distinction between false flag operations and war: How will you know the difference between false flag operations and war? False flag operations are symbolic. The main goal is to create fear and obedience to state authorities through the use of propaganda in […]
Cyberspies Penetrate U.S. Electrical Grid, Leave Software That Could Disrupt System
April 8th, 2009Via: Wall Street Journal: Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials. The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. […]
Somali Pirates Hijack U.S.-Flagged Container Ship; At Least 20 Americans On Board
April 8th, 2009Via: Reuters: Somali pirates seized a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday with at least 20 American crew on board in the latest of a sharp rise in attacks off the Horn of Africa nation, officials said. Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the Mombasa-based East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, said the 17,000 tonne Maersk Alabama was […]
U.S. Fighter Jets Scrambled to Intercept Stolen Plane
April 7th, 2009Uh… Um. Hmm. I don’t have any idea what category to even use for this. I’ll just use War for now because it involves U.S. fighter planes. Via: Reuters: A pilot stole a small airplane in Canada on Monday and headed south, forcing U.S. military officials to scramble F-16 fighter jets to trail him, before […]
